#242D87#242D87

#242D87 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.148 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242D87
RGB	rgb(36, 45, 135)
HSL	hsl(235, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(235, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 66.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.67, 28.50, -51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.67, 58.72, 299.03°)
OKLab	oklab(35.35% 0.0048 -0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(35.35% 0.148 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.0376, 4.0005, 23.3710)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242D87 #877E24

analogous

#245E87 #242D87 #4C2487

triadic

#242D87 #87242D #2D8724

tetradic

#242D87 #87245E #877E24 #24874C

square

#242D87 #87245E #877E24 #24874C

split-complementary

#242D87 #874C24 #5E8724

monochromatic

#0A0D26 #171D57 #242D87 #313DB7 #545FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#242D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#242D87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242D87

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242D87	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003485

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 45, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.148 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e66ab',
    500: '#242d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242d87;
$custom-light: #6e66ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35349,
    "c": 0.14844,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242D87

secondary

#B5AC51

accent

#D347E1

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #242D87

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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